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ROUND 3 begins tomorrow (The Brackets Finals Matches)
All Good Things Posted by monty on Mar 17, 2014
Tomorrow begins round 3 of the 2014 Favorite Classic Movie Actress Tourney and we move into the final matches for the brackets of each era.
Two actresses competing in each category in each era to see who will move on to the sweet sixteen round next week. Here are the match-ups
scheduled to begi read more
Round 2 Final results
All Good Things Posted by monty on Mar 16, 2014
Here are the final numbers from the second set of brackets in round 2.
THE 30'S ERA:
BARBARA STANWYCK defeated MARLENE DIETRICH 49-7
NORMA SHEARER defeated GLENDA FARRELL 41-12
JOAN BLONDELL defeated JEANETTE MACDONALD 36-20
BILLIE BURKE defeated ELEANOR POWELL 27-23
Billie Burke had a late ra read more
Tourney Update Round 2 (second set of brackets)
All Good Things Posted by monty on Mar 15, 2014
Here's an update with the latest numbers in the 2014 Favorite Classic Movie Actress Tourney in all four eras. And I posted the link to each era to go cast your votes if you haven't done so already. Matches in the 30's, 50's and 60's eras will run through Sunday night, while the matches in the 40's read more
Shirley Temple and Teresa Wright go to overtime in the 40's era bracket
All Good Things Posted by monty on Mar 13, 2014
Yesterday in the 40's era portion of the tourney, Teresa Wright and Shirley Temple battled to a tie, with each getting 32 votes. Kristen has a tie-breaker poll question going on her blog to settle which actress will be moving on. Here's the link to go cast your vote: http://journeysinclassicfi read more
Round 2 (30's/60's era) results: Elizabeth Taylor cruises to another easy victory
All Good Things Posted by monty on Mar 12, 2014
Liz is all smiles after her win over Julie Andrews
The first two brackets in the 60's era, All-American Girls and British Invasion have just wrapped up. And three of the four matches became very tight down the stretch. Final four finalist from last year, Diana Rigg was sent home early after los read more
Round 2 Tourney Update (2)
All Good Things Posted by monty on Mar 12, 2014
Here are the latest numbers for round 2 second brackets:60'S era:
LEE REMICK leads SHARON TATE 23-16
ANNE BANCROFT leads PAULA PRENTISS 23-18
ELIZABETH TAYLOR leads JULIE ANDREWS 31-10
JEAN SIMMONS leads DIANA RIGG 25-15
Looks like last year's final four finalist Diana Rigg is about to make an read more
Round 2 (Song and Dance/A Foreign Affair Brackets)
All Good Things Posted by monty on Mar 12, 2014
Here are the match-ups for the song and dance/a foreign affair brackets) which will conclude round 2. And it will be the top 4 actresses competing in these particular brackets, and no dark horses this time around. In the Song and Dance bracket, top seed Natalie Wood will face 4th seed Ann-Margret, read more
Round 2 Tourney Update (1)
All Good Things Posted by monty on Mar 10, 2014
Here are the latest numbers from all four eras and the links to go cast your votes if you haven't done so already:
http://www.rozrussell.com/
30'S ERA:
GRETA GARBO leads MIRIAM HOPKINS 19-9
ANN DVORAK leads RUTH CHATTERTON 17-10
MYRNA LOY leads CONSTANCE BENNETT 21-5
JEAN HARLOW leads JEAN ART read more
Round 1 (Song and Dance/A Foreign Affair Brackets) come to a close with Ann-Margret holding on for an epic win against Barbra Streisand
All Good Things Posted by monty on Mar 9, 2014
The match everyone was talking about was back and forth and produced one of the best finishes in the tourney yet. After Ann-Margret jumped out to an early lead over Barbra Streisand on day one, Babs fought her way back. She pretty much trailed the whole match until late Sunday afternoon she managed read more
Round 2 (British Invasion and All-American Girls) begins now!
All Good Things Posted by monty on Mar 9, 2014
We move on to round 2 of the 2014 Favorite Movie Actress Tourney where the matches start to get a little more competitive.
Here in the 60’s era, the British Invasion and All-American Girls brackets begin this evening. Here are the match-ups and I have to say all four promise to be ve read more
Oh and here are the results of Round 1 matches (2nd part)
All Good Things Posted by monty on Mar 9, 2014
Thanks to Desiree for providing all the results from the other eras of the first round part 2 matches.
1930S ERA
Barbara Stanwyck (90%, 38 Votes)
Thelma Todd (10%, 4 Votes)
Marlene Dietrich (55%, 23 Votes)
Joan Crawford (45%, 19 Votes)
Norma Shearer (80%, 32 read more
Tourney Update (2)
All Good Things Posted by monty on Mar 6, 2014
The second set of matches kicked off today and here are the latest numbers and links to go cast your votes if you haven't done so already..
60'S era:
CLAUDIA CARDINALE and LIV ULLMAN tied 11-11
ANNA KARINA leads FRANCOISE DORLEAC 11-9
ROMY SCHNEIDER leads JEANNE MOREAU 13-8
CATHERINE DENEUVE leads read more
60's era top seed Diana Rigg avoids an upset and holds on for a win over the spunky Hayley Mills in first round action...
All Good Things Posted by monty on Mar 5, 2014
Sometimes the 60's may get overlooked when speaking in terms of classic movies and stars, since it comes at the tail end of the classic movie age. But I have to admit that the 8 matches that just wrapped up part one of the first round arc produced some great excitement.Take for example top seed Dia read more
Myrna Loy leads the way in the 30's era first complete matches
All Good Things Posted by monty on Mar 5, 2014
ROUND 1 FINAL RESULTS
1930S ERA
Greta Garbo (75%, 40 votes)
Fay Wray (25%, 13 votes)
Miriam Hopkins (59%, 29 votes)
Kay Francis (41%, 20 votes)
Ruth Chatterton (58%, 29 votes)
Sylvia Sidney (42%, 21 votes)
Ann Dvorak (72%, 34 votes)
Anita Page (28%, 13 votes)
Myrna Loy read more
Deborah Kerr leads the charge in the first round of the 50's era brackets with a 41 vote win
All Good Things Posted by monty on Mar 5, 2014
Deborah Kerr shouldn't be too shocked as she rolled
to an easy win over Jennifer Jones
Doris Day 69.84% (44 votes)
Ann Miller 30.16% (19 votes)
Marilyn Monroe 70.49% read more
1960's era (SONG AND DANCE/A FOREIGN AFFAIR Brackets) - Round 1
All Good Things Posted by monty on Mar 5, 2014
Now that the first two brackets are in the books, we begin with the final two brackets in each era. And here are the match-ups for the 60's era featuring the brackets A Foreign Affair and Song and Dance.
SONG AND DANCE BRACKET
1 NATALIE WOOD VS 8 LIZA MINNELI
4 ANN-MARGRET VS 5 BARBRA STRE read more
All-Time Top Winning Tourney Actresses
All Good Things Posted by monty on Mar 4, 2014
As we are currently
underway with first round action of the 2014 Favorite Classic Movie Actress
Tourney, I thought it would be a good idea to rank the all-time tourney leaders
in match wins. I wanted to do a top ten list but that would take a little more
time and research to compile all the number read more
2014 Favorite Classic Movie Actress Tourney: Round 1 Update
All Good Things Posted by monty on Mar 3, 2014
Here are the latest numbers on three of the four eras in the Favorite Classic Movie Actress Tourney. Kristen of Journeys in Classic Film will post an update later for her 40's era brackets.
30'S ERA hosted by Desiree of Rosalind Russell: Dazzling Star
GRETA GARBO leads FAY WRAY 31-9
MIRIAM HOP read more
MARCH MADNESS is now underway....
All Good Things Posted by monty on Mar 2, 2014
The top 4 seeds
Just a quick note to let everyone know that the tourney has begun. The 60's era brackets featuring All-American Girls and the British Invasion are on the right hand sidebar and will be up through Wednesday. The other two brackets, A Foreign Affair and Song and Dance will begin read more
The 2014 Favorite Classic Movie Actress Tourney (1960's Era Brackets: British Invasion/All-American Girls)
All Good Things Posted by monty on Mar 1, 2014
Ahhhh you can always tell spring is on the way when days start to feel warmer and flowers start to bloom. Oh and when your favorite classic movie actresses come together to duke it out to earn bragging rights for favorite of the year. This marks the 4th annual edition and things look to be wide ope read more